“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” - Jeremiah 1:5
I know that I only recently touched on this modern debate but I felt compelled to revisit is once more. Let’s take this slowly -
I have never heard any supporter of the heinous practice of abortion claim it is their “right” to kill another human being regardless of that human being’s current state of growth. I t goes without saying that their entire argument for such an imaginary “right” would instantly fall apart and be dismissed as totally illogical and an example of sheer lunacy. So how have they managed to convince so many others that they indeed have this imaginary “right?”
The answer really is all this simple: they have erroneously redefined when life begins. It is the whole-cloth manipulation of the language that the progressive left uses on a constant tactical basis. In fact, they use it so well that many people who generally describe themselves as ‘conservatives’ have even bought into it.
“The Canadian Medical Association, the largest association of doctors in Canada, has redefined human life. On August 15, (2012) as reported by LifeNews, delegates to the CMA's general council voted to pass “a resolution supporting the current wording of the Criminal Code which states that a child ‘becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely proceeded, in a living state, from the body of its mother.’ ” - The New American. So, according to this esteemed body of physicians, a living child is not a human being until the second it ‘proceeds’ in a living state, from it’s mother’s womb. Well please then, good doctors - what was the state it was in one second before it proceeded from its mother? How about an hour? A day? A week, a month?
In a completely amoral definition of abortion one could say that it is the killing of an in vivo human being. Those who favor a woman’s ‘right’ to kill an unborn child like to redefine the action as ‘terminate’ since it sounds so much more clinical. God Almighty calls it ‘murder,’ period! You see God doesn’t command us not to kill, as we may be forced to in a wartime situation or to defend our selves or the lives of our loved ones. What God forbids is all ‘unjustifiable killing.’ “You shall not murder.” - Exodus 20:13. The Hebrew word used to describe the type of killing God referred to is “râtasch” - to murder; to slay; or to dash to pieces. Quite an appropriate definition considering the resultant damage to an abortion victim! This is not a justifiable killing by any definition used!
God tells us He knew us before we were formed in the womb. He forbids us to murder. And . . . He promises that those who do will reap their just rewards. “But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who ‘will render to each one according to his deeds.’” - Romans 2:5-6.
We must always remember that God is the author of all life. Life is not the result of a conscientiously well-planned family nor is it the result of a moment’s unbridled lust nor even the result of a wicked crime. “You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.” - Job 10: 11-12. May the God who gives all of us life - sustain the life of those yet unborn.
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